He's gone Mobile

That's a line from The Negotiator. Excellent movie.
I'm just testing out my new mobile blog account. I have been trying to keep up with my friend technologically but I am always behind. At least I can say I beat him to this. Although I should post this quickly or else I could be the next (I was going to put Elisha Gray here, the guy who lost out to Bell for the phone patent, but I just read the Wikipedia entry for Gray and that is the sketchiest thing ever ) person who procrastinated and lost out to some other decevious (my friend claims to have invented that word and I think he is right) person.
Anyway, here this is my first mobile blog.

--DanielMike

BSG ends with a challenge

The original Battlestar Galactica was one of those shows that I enjoyed so much that I felt as though I was getting away with something while watching it. It is one of the very few shows of which I can remember specific episodes, from the fire on the Galactica to Starbuck's wild west like showdown with Red Eye the Cylon. I remember it so well because it was more than just a "show", it was an experience.

Advance almost thirty years and along comes a new show calling itself Battlestar Galactica. How dare they try to remake and re-imagine one of my childhood experiences without my permission. I refused to watch it. I made fun of its fans. Scoffed at its female Starbuck. Heckled its female Boomer. Laughed at its humanoid Cylons. Put off by its conflicted Baltar. I thought that all of this was just a load of feldercarb. But slowly I realized that, even though these things were an afront to something that I truly enjoyed, these things interested me. I would even say that they fascinated me. So I decided to give it a try.

My try turned into an experience, just as wild and true as it was when I was 8. Starbuck as a girl just seemed right. Why can't Boomer be a female humanoid Cylon in love with a human. Baltar should be conflicted, he was human after all. So I experienced this new Battlestar Galactica as though I were 8 with all the joys and wonders that go along with that.

And so tonight it came to an end. An end that didn't just complete this series but the original as well. An end that was more than just a cliche beginning. It was an end that truly tied the universe of Battlestar Galactica to our own universe. It showed us that we are all the result of their heroic adventure. We are all here because of their final mission, to save our Eve. As a result we are left with a challenge to keep our technology, technology that seems to come closer to the universe of BSG every day, from pushing us to the brink.

So where do we go from here? Are we destined to repeat the cycle that leads us to our world's end? Do we even have a choice? Should we even try or do we just sit back and enjoy the ride? I like to think we have a choice. It's a choice that we have to make together.

--DanielMike